“We make roleplaying games, which means that the character you play doesn’t have to be yourself, but I believe there’s an element where having a game acknowledge that you exist can be validating in a way most people never consider–no doubt because they have no need for validation, and thus no knowledge as to what the lack of it can do to someone.”

“It may not be much, but it’s not nothing, and people tell us all the time its not nothing. We receive heartfelt messages of how much our efforts mean all the time, and it galls me to consider how the assumption out there is that we should consider these individuals less important than those who say hateful things, that placating the hateful should be more of a priority for us or any developer.”

While Inquisition has a number of romance options, both homo and hetero, we’ve got our first video of one such same-sex love scene. It’s actually quite adorable and funny.

As for set up, the character you play as is vaguely titled ‘Inquisitor.’ You can make choices and take steps in-game to pursue other characters romantically, in this case its a Qunari named Iron Bull. This set up is extra sweet because Qunari – big, grey, horned and scary looking – often forsake romance and love and treat coupling as more of a means of procreation than an expression of emotion.

But here is Iron Bull saying some of the cutest and sweetest things to ever come from an in-game character’s digital mouth.

If you manage to follow the right steps, as this person did with Iron Bull, you’ll end up at this cut scene. Heads up, it’s got some F-bombs and racy jokes, but it’s really incredibly sweet at the end:

For the curious, yes lesbian sex scenes are included in the game as well.